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Congress alleges 15 deaths successful Indore arsenic authoritative toll remains astatine five; CM orders enactment against apical officials
The Madhya Pradesh Congress has alleged that astatine slightest 15 radical person died truthful acold aft drinking contaminated h2o supplied by the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), adjacent arsenic the BJP-led State authorities maintained the authoritative decease toll astatine five, including a pistillate who died. In a presumption study submitted to the M.P. High Court, the territory medication and the State Health Department said that 4 people, each supra 60 years of age, person died truthful acold successful Indore’s Bhagirathpura owed to water-related problems. Indore District Collector Shivam Verma aboriginal updated the decease toll to five.
IT Ministry orders X to ‘audit’ and cease morphed pictures of women successful Grok chatbot
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology directed societal media level X to undertake a “comprehensive technical, procedural and governance-level review” of its Grok chatbot, which allegedly has been responding to idiosyncratic requests to undress oregon change covering successful women’s photos. Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi had raised an alarm over the contented successful a missive to IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw earlier successful the day.
Tourist entree to Kashmir’s Margan Top, Chauhar Nag, Sinthan Top banned implicit security
Popular trekking spots successful Anantnag, Kashmir were placed retired of bounds, pursuing inputs from information agencies’. On the banned database are Margan Top, Chauhar Nag, and Sinthan Top. These areas are astatine an altitude of astir 3,696 meters and person traditionally attracted escapade lovers to the high-altitude meadows and glacier lakes they are known for.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan buying Bangladeshi cricketer sparks controversy
The inclusion of Bangladeshi cricketer Mustafizur Rahman successful the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by histrion Shah Rukh Khan, has sparked contention successful Maharashtra arsenic politicians and spiritual leaders slammed the actor. Hindu spiritual person Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya called Shah Rukh Khan a “traitor” for hiring the Bangladeshi player. This besides comes aft different Hindu spiritual leader, Devkinandan Thakur, slammed Shah Rukh Khan for his actions, fixed the targeted atrocities against Hindus successful Bangladesh. He besides demanded that the cricketer’s assignment beryllium revoked and that ₹9.2 crore successful fees beryllium paid to the families of the Hindu children who were murdered.
CAQM revokes GRAP-3 curbs successful Delhi-NCR arsenic aerial prime improves
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) successful NCR and Adjoining Areas connected Friday (January 2, 2026) revoked curbs imposed nether GRAP 3 pursuing betterment successful aerial quality, officials said. “The AQI of Delhi, which was recorded arsenic 380 connected Thursday (January 1, 2026), has importantly improved and recorded 236 astatine 4 p.m. connected Friday, exhibiting a trend. Keeping successful presumption the prevailing inclination of aerial quality, the CAQM Sub-Committee connected GRAP decides to revoke each actions arsenic envisaged nether Stage-3 of the extant GRAP, with contiguous effect, successful the full NCR,” an authoritative said.
Karnataka apt to commencement question against VB-G RAM G Act, commencement its ain schemes
The Congress authorities successful Karnataka is apt to commencement a question against the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act, 2025, and is expected to bring retired scheme/ authorities to prolong agrarian livelihood and employment guarantee. The Cabinet condemned the repealing of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is expected to spell retired the State government’s determination connected Saturday.
Manufacturing PMI astatine 2-year debased successful December 2025 connected easing caller orders, output and employment
Expansion successful India’s manufacturing performance slowed to a two-year debased successful December 2025, with the complaint of caller concern orders, production, and employment maturation each slowing, according to a backstage assemblage survey. The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index fell from 56.6 successful November to 55.0 successful December. The past clip it was little was successful December 2023, erstwhile the scale worth had touched 54.9.
Eight U.S. lawmakers pen missive successful enactment of Umar Khalid; impulse India to assistance bail, just proceedings ‘as per planetary law’
Eight lawmakers from the United States person penned a missive to Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra, urging India to assistance bail and a escaped proceedings “in accordance to planetary law” to Umar Khalid, an accused successful a larger conspiracy lawsuit related to the 2020 North East Delhi riots. In the missive dated December 30, 2025, the U.S. lawmakers pledged enactment to the jailed pupil activistic and sought the authorities to “share the steps being taken to guarantee that the judicial proceedings against Umar Khalid and those of his co-accused who stay successful detention comport with planetary standards’.
Kashmir cricketer faces constabulary enquiry implicit Palestine emblem connected helmet
The Jammu and Kashmir Police initiated a 14-day preliminary enquiry against a Kashmiri cricketer who displayed a Palestinian emblem connected his helmet during a lucifer successful Jammu. The determination has drawn disapproval from respective governmental parties. The enquiry has been instituted nether Section 173(3), which deals with offences punishable with imprisonment of 3 years oregon much but little than 7 years. The cricketer has been identified arsenic Furqan Ul Haq, lad of Tajamul Hussain Bhat, a nonmigratory of Tangipuna successful Pulwama district. He was representing the JK11 squad and was playing against Jammu Trailblazers during the ongoing Jammu and Kashmir Champions League.
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 11 Karaikal fishermen
Eleven fishermen from Karaikal were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy for allegedly crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) portion sportfishing adjacent the southeast of Kodiyakkarai. According to authoritative sources, the fishermen had ventured into the oversea from the Karaikal sportfishing harbour connected December 29. Their mechanised sportfishing vas was reportedly surrounded by Sri Lankan Navy unit successful the aboriginal hours of Friday adjacent Mullaitheevu, pursuing which each 11 fishermen were detained and the vessel was seized.
Instagram main Adam Mosseri says “polished” AI contented is “dead”, and creators indispensable pivot to “real”
AI-powered tools and bundle person made it easier than ever to create nonrecreational photoshoot-quality content for Instagram, but “savvy” contented creators volition pivot to sharing little flattering contented that feels much “real,” according to Instagram’s head. Adam Mosseri published a post, sharing his outlook connected however AI would unit some societal media companies arsenic good arsenic societal media contented creators to alteration their originative strategies.
Swiss investigators judge sparkling flares atop vino bottles ignited fatal barroom fire
Swiss investigators said that they judge sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles ignited the fatal fire astatine a skis edifice erstwhile they came excessively adjacent to a crowded bar’s ceiling. Forty radical were killed, and different 119 were injured in the blaze arsenic it ripped done the engaged Le Constellation barroom astatine the skis edifice of Crans-Montana portion revelers were celebrating New Year’s Eve, authorities said.
Seven killed arsenic Saudi conjugation strikes UAE-backed forces successful Yemen
Air strikes killed 7 separatist fighters successful Yemen, according to an authoritative with the group, arsenic a Saudi-led conjugation deed backmost against a sweeping beforehand by the UAE-backed Southern Transition Council, threatening a large confrontation. The deaths are the archetypal from conjugation occurrence since the secessionist STC seized swathes of Hadramawt and Mahra provinces past month.
Gill each acceptable to instrumentality arsenic ODI skipper; Kishan could regenerate Pant
Shubman Gill is acceptable to instrumentality arsenic India’s ODI captain, portion his lawman Shreyas Iyer is apt to stay connected sidelines erstwhile the nationalist elder enactment committee finalises the squad for the three-match bid against New Zealand. The enactment sheet is scheduled to conscionable online connected Saturday. The Hindu understands that Gill, who missed the caller ODI bid against South Africa aft suffering a cervix spasm during the opening Test, volition besides be the archetypal authoritative enactment committee gathering of the calendar year.
